300.020 Faculty Bylaws of the ��-Kansas City

Min. 10-12-73; Amended Bd. Min. 11-18-77, 6-27-80, 11-19-82, 12-7-84, 6-6-08, 10-21-11, 6-14-13; Amended 4-10-15, Amended 6-17-16, Amended 2-6-20; Amended 11-17-22; Amended 4-20-23.

Purpose of the Governing Practices -- The ��-Kansas City("UMKC") Faculty will nurture the educational development of the student, the institution, and the community by transmitting knowledge, cultivating creativity, fostering leadership, sharing research, modeling civil discourse, and demonstrating critical engagement. The purpose of these Bylaws is to establish a body which represents the voice of the Faculty and to establish an effective vehicle for the needs and concerns of the Faculty to be presented for discussion and debate. These Bylaws assume that Faculty may participate in academic decision processes. The right of faculties to organize and to carry out the responsibilities and functions delegated to them by the Board is recognized in CRR 10.030.E.2.
Membership -- The "UMKC Faculty" or the "Faculty" shall consist of the President of the University, the Chancellor, and all academic appointees. An academic appointee is defined as one who has an academic title according to the University’s human resources department, unless (i) the academic title is one that is primarily held by students or (ii) the Faculty Senate (the “Faculty Senate” or “Senate”) determines that the position to which the title refers is one that is not engaged significantly in teaching, research, or clinical/professional practice or whose duties are not closely related to the University’s instructional and research functions. Any such determination shall be recorded in the Faculty Senate Standard Operating Procedures and the Faculty Senate meeting minutes.
1. Voting Faculty -- For purposes of campus- and University-wide elections, except with regard to issues specific to the promotion and tenure of tenured and tenure-track Faculty members (“T/TT Faculty Members”) and except with regard to the election of the campus-wide, at-large non-tenure track Faculty member to serve on Senate (as provided in Section E.1), those individuals eligible to vote (the “UMKC Voting Faculty” or the “Voting Faculty”) shall consist of the following:
  1. All full-time T/TTFaculty Members;
  2. all ranked, non-tenure track Faculty members (as defined in CRR 310.035) who are paid directly by UMKC;
  3. all full-time, unranked track Faculty members who (i) are paid directly by UMKC and (ii) have the academic title of "Instructor", "Clinical Instructor,” “Field Instructor” or “Lecturer” or have a title that is determined by the Faculty Senate to be equivalent to Instructor, Clinical Instructor, Field Instructor or Lecturer in terms of responsibilities and qualifications. Any such determination shall be recorded in the Faculty Senate Standard Operating Procedures and the Faculty Senate meeting minutes; and
  4. all Faculty members who are not paid directly by UMKC but who routinely oversee and participate in the instructional mission of the University to an extent comparable to a full-time Faculty member (“Additional Voting Faculty Members”); provided, however, that inclusion of such persons as Additional Voting Faculty Members must be recommended by the respective academic unit and approved by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC). To participate in a campus- or University-wide election or exercise any other right of Voting Faculty under these Bylaws, a person must be approved as an Additional Voting Faculty Member by the FSEC at least four weeks prior to the commencement of the election or the exercise of the right.
  The foregoing voting eligibility rules are not intended to define the eligibility of Faculty members to vote in academic unit elections on matters other than representation in the Faculty Senate. The eligibility of Faculty members to vote on academic unit matters, other than Senate representation, shall be determined by each unit. The eligibility of Faculty members to vote for the unit’s representation in the Faculty Senate is provided for in Section E.2.b. Campus- and University-wide voting on issues specific to the promotion and tenure of T/TT Faculty Members will be limited to the T/TT Faculty Members or some appropriate subset thereof. The election of the campus-wide, at-large non-tenure track faculty member to serve on Senate is governed by Section E.1.
2. Power -- The powers of the UMKC Voting Faculty include authority in all matters pertaining to education, research and service as granted to the Faculty by the Board of Curators. It shall have such other authority as is delegated to it by the President and/or the Chancellor. These powers are vested in the UMKC Senate unless limited by the University’s Collected Rules and Regulations.
3. Meetings -- There shall be at least one general meeting of the UMKC Faculty per year (the "All Faculty Meeting"). The Chair of the Faculty Senate shall give notice of and shall preside at such meetings. The Faculty Senate shall report to the Faculty at such meetings and shall invite input and advice from the Faculty on issues of concern.
  1. Additional meetings of the UMKC Faculty may be called by the Chancellor or the Chair of the Senate, or upon the request of 20 percent of the Senate or upon the written request of 10 percent of the Voting Faculty.
  2. Within ten days of the notice of placing of an item on the Senate agenda, upon the request of a majority of the Senate or upon the written request of 10 percent of the Voting Faculty, the Chair of the Senate shall transfer the item from the Senate agenda to the agenda of an All-Faculty Meeting for discussion by the Faculty and action by the Voting Faculty.
Colleges, Schools, Conservatories, Libraries and Other Units
1. Definitions -- A school or conservatory (both of which are hereinafter referred to as a "School") is a unit which offers or supervises programs of study leading to baccalaureate or advanced degrees. A unit or combination of units offering courses which do not lead to a degree is not a School.
2. Schools -- UMKC's schools are: Henry W. Bloch School of Management; School of Science and Engineering; School of Dentistry; School of Education, Social Work, and Psychological Sciences; School of Graduate Studies; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; School of Law; School of Pharmacy; UMKC Conservatory; School of Medicine; and School of Nursing and Health Studies.
3. Libraries -- UMKC's Libraries include: Miller Nichols Library, Leon E. Bloch Law Library, andHealth Sciences Library.
Faculties of the Schools
1. Membership
  1. The Faculty of a School shall consist of the President of the University, the Chancellor, the Dean of the School, and all members of the UMKC Faculty who are assigned to the School. The Faculty of a School shall be primarily responsible for the quality of the School's undertakings. The voting Faculty of a School, for School-level elections, shall be defined by the School’s bylaws, subject to the requirement in Section E.2.b that all UMKC Voting Faculty assigned to the School shall be eligible to participate in the election of the School’s senators.
  2. Faculty whose work is divided between programs of two or more Schools (other than the School of Graduate Studies) may participate in deliberations of these Schools, but shall be a voting member of only the School in which they hold their primary appointment.
  3. The Faculty of the School of Graduate Studies consists of UMKC Faculty (Section 300.020.B) who hold graduate or doctoral appointments. Faculty of the School of Graduate Studies may vote and be elected to offices or committees in this School as well as to offices and committees of the School in which they hold their primary appointment.
2. Meetings -- At least four regular meetings of the Faculty of a School shall be called annually according to the procedures adopted by the School. A special meeting may be called at any time by the Chancellor or by the Dean of the School and must be called if requested by one-fourth of the membership of the Faculty of the School or as otherwise provided by the bylaws of the School. Written notification of any meeting of a School Faculty shall be communicated at least three days prior to the meeting to all members of the School Faculty except in the case of an emergency meeting in which case any action taken becomes an item for reconsideration on the agenda at the next regularly scheduled meeting of that School Faculty. Each School Faculty shall determine its own definition of a quorum of its membership and decide upon a procedure which enables the membership of that particular Faculty to carry out its business in a responsible as well as efficacious manner. Copies of the minutes of each meeting shall be made available to each Faculty member of the School and to the Chancellor.
3. Powers -- The Faculty of a School shall establish procedures and policies governing the work of the School.
  1. Bylaws -- Each School shall have a written set of bylaws prepared in such a manner as is determined by the Faculty of that School. These bylaws shall implement the provisions of this section of the UMKC Bylaws. A copy of these bylaws and any subsequent amendment thereto shall be filed with the Chancellor and the Chair-elect of the Senate. The bylaws shall not contain any provisions inconsistent with the UMKC Bylaws.
  2. Curriculum and Degrees -- The Faculty of a School and/or department, together with the appropriate administrative officers, shall be responsible for recommending all academic courses and programs and for recommending candidates for degrees. The Faculty of each School, through its dean, shall file with the registrar a copy of its admission and retention standards, its degree requirements, and individual course additions and deletions. The registrar shall distribute copies of such standards, requirements and course additions and deletions to the Chancellor and the deans of the other Schools.
  3. Selection, Retention, Promotion and Tenure of Academic Faculty -- The Faculty of each School and/or department or other teaching unit shall establish criteria and specify procedures to be followed, as a general policy, in recommending the selection, retention and promotion of members of suchFaculty.
    (1) As a general policy all academic staff appointments to a School Faculty shall be made after the Dean of the School has received a written recommendation from a committee of an appropriate department committee or equivalent teaching unit. The Dean shall forward the recommendation of the committee with his/her own recommendation to the Chancellor.
    (2) The role of the School Faculties, committees, and administrative officers in the selection, retention, promotion, and tenure of Faculty members is governed by CRRs 310.035 and 320.035.
  4. Selection of Deans -- As a general policy, recommendations for the selection of deans in any School shall be made by the Chancellor after consultation with an appropriate committee which will include members of the Faculty of that School. This consultation procedure shall not abrogate the final responsibility and authority of the Chancellor to recommend a dean's appointment or replacement.
  5. Selection of Department Chairs, School Division Chairs and Directors -- As a general policy, the Dean shall recommend appointment or replacement of a department Chairperson, School division Chairperson or Director only after consultation with the Faculty of the department, subdivision or sub-unit concerned. This consultation procedure shall not abrogate the final responsibility and authority of the Dean to recommend the appointment or replacement of a department Chairperson, School division Chairperson, or Director.
  6. Evaluation of Academic and Professional Administrators -- The voting Faculty of each School shall participate in the regular evaluation of their academic and professional administrators. A School Faculty, by formal action at a regular meeting, or through its elected School Executive Committee or such other elected committee as is designated by the School in its bylaws, may report on matters of

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